Ulva ramosa Hudson 1762
Current name:
Cryptopleura ramosa (Hudson) L.Newton
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; plants in pools in lower shore; gorwing epiphytically on Corallina officinalis - 26 March 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Ulva ramosa Hudson 1762: 476
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden.
Publication date: Jan-Jun 1762
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptopleura ramosa (Hudson) L.Newton.
Type Information
Type locality: Lancaster, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 900)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), branched, bearing branches (usually many) (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 March 2013
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024